Brewery Partners

200 Village Green
Lincolnshire, IL 60069

Perhaps most intriguing about Half Day is its name, which provokes more interest and debate than any other place name in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Contrary to popular theory, the town of Half Day was not named because it was a half day’s journey from Chicago. The town’s true name was Halfda in honor of a friendly chief. The historic town of Half Day claims many firsts in the annals of Lake County history—the first post office (1836), the first school (1836) and the county’s first non-native settler. In 1955 a subdivision called Lincolnshire was recorded in Waukegan, the County seat for Lake County. It marked the beginning of the Village of Lincolnshire. Both the village of Lincolnshire and Vernon Hills later claimed the land known as unincorporated Half Day.